The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-27

| with nerve and unbounded hospitality to
tackle a crowd of this siZssor week
The premium list for the Northeast Geor-
ga Fair Association, of Athens, is now in
| the hands of the printer and viii soon be
ready for distribution. The purses for run
ning and trotting are very good, especially
Tor Georgia raised horses. The free-for-all
is 800. The purse for the best trotting
horse in the adjoining counties will be one
OF the features OF the association. Wilkes
county viii send some splendid trotters 10
compete for this prize, and Banks county
mas already gone into training to capture
the prize.
While at the store of L. B. Bogworth the
other day, the editor of the Americas Re-
publican saw a side of white meat weighed
That pulled down the beam $50 pounds 1t
prought SI2 -. Presenting that the other
SIDE OF the same hog weighed the same num-
Der OF pounds, it will be seen that the two
sides brought S25 40. The shoulders and
hams were sold for $50 80, making a total Of
500 30. Adding to this the lard backbone,
Sparer1bs and head, the price of the hog can
be safely put down at no less than S65
which would buy good mule.
On St. Sir1ons the railroad is now in
operation from Egmont dock to the beach,
and the pavilion in connection Herewith is
finished. On Thursday the dancing plat
form was staked off. 1t will be fifty feet wide
by seventy-ive feet long, and will be ready
In time for the Knights OF Pythias picnic on
June %. This beach is fast Becoming
a popular place of resort, and the manage
ment have determined TO spare no expense
to add to its attractiveness. 1t is claimed
that when the large hotel is finished much
OF the patronage that now goes to Cumber-
land viii 20 to st. Simons, because it is
easier of access and has communications
with the outside world by telegraph.
Americas Republican: Old Andy was w.
ing asleep in the shade of a tree, when he
was rudeiy awakened by farmer, who
SAID: Get up; | want you to hoe cotton.
Fifty cents a day and two meals Andy
slowly opened his eyes, got up on his feet
stretched himself yawning. and said: See
here, white man; dis am land Of freedom.
Hoe cotton. contemptuously, 81 isn't gwine
ter do It Sprung chickens am here. Water
nllluns am ripe BlackberTies on de briars.
Koasln ears nearly cum. and talk about
spectacle culered genemun hoein' cotturn
No, sahl I'se gwine to help de white man
ter keep too much of his craps from rottin'
by helping myself. Can't work now"
Allen r. johnson, who lives on the Lex
lngton road. near Athens, has an orchard
full OF peaches, while all his neighbors' have
been Killed. Mr. johnson last winter
trimmed up his trees and plowed the land
among them. They took fresh start, and
were late blooming. Capt. Henry Beussee
says that while travelling in Ebert county
be passed large peach orchard, and while
there was no fruit in the orchard except on
two trees, they were loaded with peaches.
He asked some one the cause of this, and
they explained that the fruit on these trees
were saved by hanging horseshoe on one
OF the limbs He says that sure enough he
noticed the horseshoe on the favored trees.
At Americas few days ago a negro man
was on the streets with live rattle snake
which he proposed TO let bite him for 10c
or a drink of whisky. Some one gave him
bottle and told him 10 drink. which he
did. and then pulling out snake with ten
or twelve rattles on his tail. he held his
wrist where the reptile could strike He
then called for more whisky and filed up
He allowed the snake 70 bite his arm several
times, when he got so drunk that he tumbled
in a heap The snake was examined and it
was found that the fangs had been extract
ed, and in striking, it was impossible for it
TO make scratch. Some of the deluded
parties turned it loose to get even with the
sharp negro.
Patrolman f. II. Cochran was found on
his beat at Atlanta Saturday morning una
BILE to take care of himself on account of
some kind of attack which had bereft him
of his reason. Patrolman Cochran left his
partner, Patrolman Hadley, and went to
the rear of the Fifth ward. He was on this
beat about two hours when Hadley also
went to the rear of the Fifth to Join him
Cochran was found playing with his pistol
and club, and acting in very strange man
ner. Hadley questioned him and soon found
that he was not in his right mind. A car
riage was procured and Cochran was sent to
his home on Fillmore street. 1t is thought
that Cochran has some brain trouble, the
result of too much exposure to the hot sun
About o'clock Sunday evening, at d. J.
F1... -
small cyclone gathered and started in that
immediate vicinity, and there are no tidings
of it farther than half mile in a south
westerly direction from Mr.. Moore's, from
whence it came, travelling toward the north
east. The wind and storm were followed by
heavy fall of rain. There was a con-
siderable falling of timber, which of course,
did some damage to the growing crops,
while good deal of fencing was wrecked
and dashed down. Corn was tangled and
blown down, and the shocks of wheat were
scattered promiscuously over the fields. and
much of the grain was doubtless shattered
as the wheat was very dry. The farms
visitedlby this storm were those of w. r.
Parr, B. NJ. Burrow, A. B. Handley, d. j.
and j. w. Moore.
Ed A. Richards has returned to Washing
ton from the Wilkes county oil region. Mr.
Richards went down ON Monday for the
purpose of making further tests, and gives
a most fiattering account of the outlook
He brings back several bottles of oil and a
lot of sand, which is almost oil itself. Dyna-
mite was used to tear up the rocks, and
each blast showed that the prospects bright
ened. A pit was sunk to the depth of or s
feet, and the direction of the vein located.
Mr. Richards is fully convinced that oil will
be found in abundance. A large deposit of
terra alba also was discovered. This sub
stance is largely used, and is valuable when
ever transportation facilities can be had,
and it is mot likely that these will be long
wanting at Anthony Shoals. Land owners
along Broad river are taking a very deep in
terest in the present developments, and very
reasonably believe that their splendid coun-
try will reap great advantages from the
proposed railroads, oil wells and factories.
Other discoveries are likely to be made in
the next few days, which will bring oil
seekers from far and near.
Seventy-fi cars of melons have passed
Albany within the past two days. The dis
tribution continues to be most excellent,
which justifies the growers in hoping for
good returns. The seventy-five cars were
distributed as follows: Cincinnati II, At
lanta Is, Chicago 5, Cleveland g.. Nashville
4, st. Louis 5, Pittsburg /, Birmingham 4,
Evansville ], Detroit /, Decatur 1, Toledo ,,